Opening containers.



P. T. WEBB. OPENING CONTAINERS. APPLICATION FILED on. a. 1913.

1,230,961., PatentedJune 26,1917.

W/fnz'sszs. M145 PURCEBL T. WEBB, 0F MASTERTON, NEW ZEALAND.

OPENING CONTAINERS.

Application filed October a, 1913. Serial No. 794,153.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PURCELL "THOMAS WEBB, a citizen of the Dominion ofNew Zealand, and residing at Masterton, in the Provincial District ofWellington, in the Dominion of New Zealand, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Opening Containers, of which the following isa specification.

The invention relates to the class of containers in which a dished lidis adapted to tightly "fit a hole in the top, and its object is toprovide readily available means for removing the lid:

According hereto a lever is attached, hinge fashion, to the flange ofthe lid, and the edge of the top of the container is used as a fulcrumfor the lever when removing the lid.

The invention, as applied to a cylindrical container is illustrated inthe drawing, wherein:

Figure 1 is a plan of the container.

Fig. 2 an elevation of the upper 'part thereof.

Fig. 3 a sectional part elevation on A A Fig. 1. Fig. 4 a sideperspectivg elevation of a lever.

Fig. 5, is aview corresponding to Fig. 3 illustrating a modification.

Fig. 6, a side perspective lever used in connection with the saidmodification.

The cylindrical container, 1, is fitted with the circular dished lid, 2,which fits tightly a'hole in the top, 3, in a well known manner.

A lever, 4, has a hook, 5, at its end which engages in a hole, 6,punched in the flan e of the lid just beneath the beaded edge, thereof,said lever being thus hingedto the lid, so that it may turn. overto liewithin the dish thereof (as clearly shown in Fig. 3) or may be turneddiametrically outward from the lid (as shown in dotted lines Fig.

3) to bear uponthe upper edge, 8, of the container, which serves as afulcrum when the lever is. employed for removing the lid.'

The hook is shaped as shown, is made comparatively th1n at its cnd,2andpreferably of spring metal so that it may be passed into engagement withthe beaded edge of I the lid and through the punched hole, while it willnot be likely to become disengaged.

elevation of a Specification of Letters Batent. Patented June 26, 1%1'Y.I

If it is considered a'disadvantage to punchy 5. the hole through theedge of the lid, the

modification shown in Figs. 5 and 6 may be used therein.

The lever, 9, has the hook, 10, which englages over the bead, 11, uponthe edge of t e lid.. v

To place the hook over the bead, the bead v upper edge of saidcontainer, 2. dished 'lid adapted to close a hole in said top and havingthe whole of its upper edge ata lower level than the upper edge of saidcontainer when in position, and a removable lever normally lying withinsaid dished lid' and having a hook-shaped end, such end being hinged tothe top edge of the dished lid, and the fulcrum point of the lever lyingbetween said hook-shaped end and the end at tile; lever which ismanipulated by the 2. In combination, a container, a top to saidcontainer, a dished lid adapted to close a hole in said top and havingthe whole of its upper edge at a lower level than the up peredge of saidcontainer when in position a bead formed around the upper edge 0 saiddished lid and compressed at one point so as to form a recess, and alever, normally lying withinsaid dished lid, havingan end in the form ofan open hook which hingedly engages said head after being moved radiallythrough said recess and then moved around the periphery of said headsubstantially as described.

In testimony whereoffI have signed my name to this specification inthegipresence of two witnesses. I PURGELL T. WEBB. Witnesses:

Hnwnm- HAMI'TON. RAYWARD, JOHN Josnrn WATSON.

